Gov Auctions
NPM · @PIPEWORX/MCP-GOV-AUCTIONS · 2 COMPONENTS
Government Auctions MCP — physical-asset auctions (surplus, seized, forfeited, tax-deed) that…
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Last scanned (9 hours ago)
Scores higher than 77% of npm servers
Category E-commerce
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency97
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-gov-auctions). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 3 days ago).Pass
- Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.Unverified
Schema Quality & AI Usability70
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 834 tokens (~166/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management23
- Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Checks we ran (15)
- Malware scan
- Known CVEs
- Install scripts
- Dependency health
- Source repository
- Provenance
- License
- Maintenance
- Schema quality
- Stability
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Destructive annotations
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
Checks we could not complete (1)
These are gaps on our side, not findings about this package. We only credit what we can confirm, so a category made up entirely of them scores 0.
- Security disclosure in Provenance & TransparencySecurity-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
Does not apply to this package (2)
- Endpoint SecurityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
- Transport & ReachabilityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
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Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 4 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 2 Nov 26 +2
- Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.13 ▲ functional
- Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1 functional
- 31 Oct 26 0
- Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- 29 Oct 26 80
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Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/@pipeworx/mcp-gov-auctions@0.2.1
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | pipeworx-io/mcp-gov-auctions |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-gov-auctions/.github/workflows/publish.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 3637336892 |
| Predicate type | SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:5886a76a65065ea1c132f7e9a4d55a35a0af8411e6f6a2260135c8d4c19850f60e610faa8808bbbe4ecd0d1b6da1bb69d12104f8cde8d4611133bc983 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 0 packages
| Packages resolved | 0 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
auction_lot_details ~111
Full details for a single government auction lot, looked up by its source + source_lot_id (as returned by auctions_search) or by its listing URL. Returns title, description, category, location, bid, close time, seller agency, and link.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| source | string | – | Lot source: govdeals | allsurplus | irs. |
| source_lot_id | string | – | The lot id within that source. |
| url | string | – | Alternatively, the full listing URL. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
auctions_closing_soon ~136
Live government auction lots ordered by soonest close time — the "what can I still bid on before it ends" view across all sources (GovDeals, AllSurplus, IRS). Optionally filter by state, asset_type, or keyword. Returns lots with time remaining, current bid, location, and link.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| asset_type | string | – | One of: vehicle | equipment | realestate | electronics | other. |
| keyword | string | – | Free-text title match. |
| limit | number|string | – | Max lots (1-100, default 25). |
| state | string | – | 2-letter state code. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
auctions_coverage ~49
Which government-auction data is currently available: per-source active lot counts and data freshness (when each source was last refreshed). Use to gauge coverage and how current the data is before relying on it.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
auctions_search ~302
Search live US government auction lots for physical assets sold to the public — surplus vehicles, heavy equipment, real estate, electronics — from state/local governments (GovDeals, AllSurplus) and IRS seized/forfeited property. Filter by free-text keyword (matched on the item title, e.g. "truck", "excavator", "pickup"), 2-letter state, asset_type (vehicle|equipment|realestate|electronics|other), max_price (current bid ceiling), and closing_within_hours. Returns each lot with source, title, location, current bid, close time, and a link. For historical sold prices use auctions_sold_comps instead.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| asset_type | string | – | One of: vehicle | equipment | realestate | electronics | other. |
| closing_within_hours | number|string | – | Only lots closing within this many hours from now. |
| keyword | string | – | Free-text matched (case-insensitive) against the lot title, e.g. "truck", "forklift", "generator". |
| limit | number|string | – | Max lots (1-100, default 25). |
| max_price | number|string | – | Only lots whose current bid is at or below this. |
| source | string | – | Restrict to one source: govdeals | allsurplus | irs. |
| state | string | – | 2-letter state code of the item location, e.g. "TX", "CA". |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
auctions_sold_comps ~181
Historical SOLD prices for government auction items — the final hammer price of closed lots, which no upstream site keeps but Pipeworx retains. Use to answer "what do seized pickup trucks actually sell for" or to comp an asset. Filter by keyword (title match), asset_type, and/or state. Returns count, min/median/max/average final price, and recent examples. Only includes lots that have closed with a recorded final price.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| asset_type | string | – | One of: vehicle | equipment | realestate | electronics | other. |
| keyword | string | – | Free-text title match, e.g. "f-150", "excavator", "trailer". |
| limit | number|string | – | Max example lots to return (1-50, default 10). |
| state | string | – | 2-letter state code. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Gov Auctions MCP server?
Gov Auctions runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-gov-auctions. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · @pipeworx/mcp-gov-auctions
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-gov-auctions -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-gov-auctions
What is the Gov Auctions MCP server?
Gov Auctions is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/gov-auctions. Government Auctions MCP, physical-asset auctions (surplus, seized, forfeited, tax-deed) that… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-gov-auctions).
Is the Gov Auctions MCP server safe to use?
Gov Auctions scores 83 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Gov Auctions MCP server expose?
Gov Auctions exposes 5 tools: auctions_search, auctions_closing_soon, auction_lot_details, auctions_sold_comps, auctions_coverage. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 779 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Gov Auctions MCP server still maintained?
Gov Auctions is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the Gov Auctions MCP server under?
Gov Auctions declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.
What did VerifyMCP test on the Gov Auctions MCP server?
VerifyMCP ran 15 checks on Gov Auctions, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 11 more. One item could not be completed, a gap on our side rather than a finding about Gov Auctions: Security disclosure. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.